Automatic mold-feeding apparatus for brick-molding machines.



W. SHERIDON.

AUTOMATIC MOLD FEEDING APPARATUS FOR BRICK MOLDING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1913.

1,273,008. Patented July 16, 1 91s.

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W. SHERIDON.

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AUTOMATlC MOLD FEEDING APPARATUS FOR BRICK MOLDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION HLED NOV-24,19I3. 1,273,008. Patented July 16,1918.

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AUTOMATIC MOLD FEEDING APPARATUS FOR BRICK MOLDING MACHINES.

APPLICATWN HLED NOV. 24, 1913- 1 ,273,008. Patented July 16, 1918.

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W. SHERIDON,

AUTOMATKC MOLD FEEDING APPARATUS FOR BRiCK MOLDING MACHINES.

APPLlCATiON FILED NOV. 24, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENIO I E WILLIAM SHERIDON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC MOLD-FEEDING- APPARATUS FOR BRICK-MOLDING- MACHINES.

Application filed November 24, 1913. Serial No. 802,628.

when attached to a machine of the kind to the brick formed in the mold on pallets conautomatically feed into the machine a se ries of molds, one at a time, and over and over again in regular order, and at regular periods as required for the operation of filling the molds ofthe machine, and. that is adapted during the travel of the molds from and into the machine to automatically leave venient for oifbearing and drying the brick. Furthermore, to provide a machine of the kind with an apparatus of the kind that is adapted when attached and operatively connected to the machine, and provided with a series of molds, to render the molding machine automatic, both for the molding and delivery of brick on pallets convenient for handling and drying in all save supplying the machine with clay and the molds with pallets. c

Furthermore, to provide an apparatus of the kind and for the purpose described, whereby the molds discharged from the machine are periodically and consecutively, in the order of their discharge from the ma chine, advanced by a series of stages, with a pause'after each advance, over a circuitous path of travel from the apronto and into the. mold feed opening of a machine, emptied.

and sanded for refilling. v,

I accomplish these objects by theconstruction, combination and connection of parts with themselves and with parts of a brick molding machine, as hereinafter dc;

scribed and illustrated which v Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus. constructed in accordance with my invention and connectedto the apron and mold feed opening of a brick molding ma; chine, a portion of which is shown. Fig, is side elevation of the same,

in the drawings, in

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918 showing the the machine. 7

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same,

showing the end farthest from the" apron.

side connected to theap'ron of Fig. 1 is aside elevation of the sander and return sections, and

the feed section of the-moldtrack.

an end elevation of section of thereturn track.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top :view of the feed Fig.6 is a side elevation of: the f I Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the "mold shifter of the mold receiving, section of-the apparatus. i

Fig. 8 is a sideview of the same.

Fig. 9 is an end view 'of the same. V

Fig. 10 is an enlarged broken away end view of the strike knife and its support, carried by the shifter.

Fig. 11 is a top viewof the bearing of the knife axle. g V

Fig. 12'is, a sideview of aninverter yoke.

Fig. 13 is a top'view of the same.

Fig. 14 is a section of the bearing of the inverter on line w 00 of ,Fig. 15.

Fig. 15 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 16 is a side view of. an elevator jack and of a differential gear wheel for lifting the jack.

Fig. 17 isan edge view of the j ack shown in Fig. 16, showing the recessed faceengaged bythe liftingwheeh' p 1 Fig. 18 is an enlarged view. of the lifting wheel shown in Fig. 16. a

Fig. 19 is a face viewofthe same.

Fig. 20 is a side elevation of an elevator 11-. 7

frame. g 7

Fig. 21 is an end view of thesame. Fig. 22 is atop view of Fig. 20. Fig. 23 is atop view of a swing rail of the elevated section of the mold'track. Fig. 24'is a side elevation of one ofthe sidesof the sanderframe, showing theinnerface. v Y .1

Fig. 25 is a section of the same on line 'ww of Fig. 24. V is i Fig. 26 is a side'view of a mo-ldcarrying wheel of the sander showing the outer face.

I 27 is a section of Fig; 2 6;on line.

Fig. 28 is an enlarged broken away portion of the lower end portionof Fig. 2' 7, showing in section a look block in position locking one end of a mold to the'mold car rying l? ioo' Fig. 29 is a top'view of the gearing connecting the driving gear wheel of the, sander with the main driving shaft.

Fig. 30 is a side diagrammaticview of the same, v p 7 Fig. 31 is a side view of a mold handle. I Fig. 32 is. an endviewof the mold shifter of t-he sander.

Fig. 33 is a top view of'the same. Fig. 34% is a top view of the mold shifter of the return section of the mold track.

Fig. 35 is a side view of the same.

i Fig. 36 is a cross section of the shifter frame shown in Fig. 34 on line 2-2, with a broken away end portion of a roller axle attached to the same. I

Fig. 37 is a side elevation of the drop hammer of the mold elevator. V

Fig. 38 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 39' is a side view of an inverter yoke of the inverter attached to the sander.

Fig. 40 is a top view of the same Fig. 41 is a top view of the spraying nozzle. i

Fig. a2 is a side view of the same.

' Fig. a3 is a side 'view showing broken away portions of the apron, mold ejector, and connecting rod of the brick machine not shown in Fig. 2 and illustrating the position of the ejector relative to the main-driving member of my apparatus in the position in which the latter is shown in Fig. 1. r

Fig. His an enlarged side View of a portion of the receiving section of the mold slide track.

Fig. 45 is a cross section of the same on line 'v-o. r

Fig. 46 is a side view of a detached upper extension plate of the sander casing shown in Fig. 4. V V

Fig. 47 is a rear view of the same.

7 Fig. 48 is a top view of the same.

Fig. L9 is a top view of the driving gear wheel of the sander inverter, and

Fig. 50 is a side view of the same.

In the drawings 13 designates a brick molding machine, A its apron upon which the, filled molds are discharged from the machine, and C the opening for feeding molds into the machine.

'My apparatus comprises a slide track for a series of' brick molds, the track being mounted on suitable supports, and extending in a circuitouspathfrom the apron A to the mold feed opening C of the machine B, and comprising the receiving section a: having an extension I), the elevated transfer section c, the return sectionscl and c, and a feed section each section being respectively provided with the means hereinafter described for advancing molds on the respectivetrack sections. and from section tosection, bya series of advances, with a V pause after each fadvance, one mold following another fromposition to position in the order of their discharge from the apron A, to and into the mold feed opening G of the machine 13.

The receiving track section a comprises a pair of channehrails 1-1, secured to and supported by the supportsQ-Z, 8-3, 4Ll and 5-5 and the extension '6 comprises a pair of parallel channel rails 6-6 secured to and supported by the supports 3-3, at-st, 5-5 and the supports 7-? and 8-8.

The supports 8-8 and are provided with cross connections 10 and 9 respectively and the supports 2-2 are connected to the sides of the frame of the apron A, which forms a cross connection for the supports The channel rails 1-1 are secured to the supports aforesaid with the-channels inward and are stepped. down'slightly below the level of the top of the apron A.

Between the supports ports 5-5 the front end portions of the rails 1-1 are inset by right angles and between the angles and the apron A, the upper and lower flanges of the rails are widened to bring the inner edges in line with the inner edges of the flanges of the inset portionsof the rails, and between the same points the rails 1 are eachprovided, (as more clearly shown in Figs. 45 and 4:6) with longitudinal slots 1 and a recessed channell" on their outerfaces above the slots 1 for a purpose hereinafter described. V

The channel rails 6-6 are stepped down below the rails 1-1 and between the supports 5-5. 6-6 extend to the apron'A without offset, and with the inner edges of their flanges in the same vertical planes with'the-inner edges of the flanges of the rails 1-1, which from the front edges of the apron A to the sup ports 2-2 are cut away in linewith the sides of the apron frame. The top flanges of the rails 1-1 from the front edge of the apron to the supports 5-5, and the two flanges of. the rails 6-6, from the supports 5-5 to the supports 8-8, form a slide track for molds, each pair of rails being separated at distances adapting the end portions of the rails received from the apron A to rest on the flanges forme ing the track. a

The rails 6-6 have secured thereto within their channels, at a suitable distance below their upper flanges, angle bars 6 forming a subtrack for a mold shifter 11. which exgencgs from the supports 8-8 to thesupports The mold shifter 11 comprises an elongated frame preferably formed of a channel bar bent and welded at the ends to form the parallel sides 11 and the ends 11 (as shown inFig. 7), and similar to the frame shown in Fig. 3%. On -the rear end portions ofthe sides 11 are mounted, and:v securedl the bracket supports 11 on which is mounted an L- and the 'supand the supports 3-3 the rails,

auxiliary shifter frame 12 having thelat-i erally and oppositely projecting'arms 12?, having vend portions 12" and 12 respectively angled parallel rearward, and having se-' cured to theirrear end portions the knife bearings 12 r "To the top of the frameof the shifter 11 are transversely secured at intervals the axles 11, which are provided at their ends with the rollers 11 which are supported and travel on the angle bars 6, and in the channels of the sides 11 of the frame are secured the rack bars 11. I The arms 12 of the frame 12 project through the slots 1 of the rails 1, and have suitably mounted thereon and' secured thereto stud journals' upon which arejournaled rollers 11 which project intothe outer channels-1? of the rails l and travel therein,- as ismore clearly shown in Fig.46). 7 The front end portions of thesi'des 11 of the shifter 11 are provided with threepairs of dogs 11% 11 and ll f'andthe corresponding sides 12 of the frame 12 near their front and rear ends are provided with two pairs of dogs12 and 12?, each pair of dogsbeing {)IVQtGCltOtllI-B respective frames and we1ghted at their lower ends-t normally project" the upper ends above the frame; and each dog is provided with a stop pin '13, which prevent'rearward movement of the projecting upper portions past-the vertical and permit forward movement ofthe same.

Thus constructed the shifter 11 carrying the frame 12 is reci'procable forward'and backward on the rails 6 and in the channels 1 of the rails I1through the length of the slots 1 of the rails 1. 7 j

' In the knife bearings 12f is rotatably mounted the axle 12 of a strike knife 12 the axle being provided at one end with a crank tripextension 12 and to the adjacentrail 1 is secured a trip pin 12; which is engaged by the crank 1 2 on the forward'movement of the shifterll, and tilts the :edge of the knife upward and the back downward for a purpose hereinafterdescribed. .v

The supports 5 and 5 are provided with alined bearings 5 in which is mounted a mold inverter 14", comprising an axle 14: having fixedlymounted-thereon a pair :of i'inverter yokes, each yoke comprisingtwo pairs of parallel arms 14L, eachpair projecting oppositely to the other from-opposite sidesof the axleyand adapted to receive a mold from the rails'] :1 and in? onehalfv a revolu-f tion of the axle deliver themold inverted on therails 6 -6. v

I V The supp:orts5ic51 are also, provided with thealined bearings 5* infwhich' isijourn'aled the driving shaft l5g aniextension of which is journaled in a bearing 1630f a pillar 1G opposite and 'adjacentto the support5. Betwe'enthe bearings 11:62am the SHPPOIE 5 there is fixedly mounted on the shaft 15 a driving gear wheel 15 and within the sup 7 port 5, which is also a gear casing, there is mounted on the shaft-l5 a gear wheel 15.;

The support 5 is also provided with pins 5 and 5, on which are respectively journaled the "idler gear wheels 15 and.15 ,of equal engage a companion clutch member carried by the hub of the wheel15 the clutch membershaving cam faces adapted-to separate the membersagainst the'res'istance of the,

spring when the shaft is revolved in'one direction, andto interlock when revolved in the opposite direction. Directly beneath the rack bars'll of the shifter 11 there are fixedly n'iounted' on the driving shaft 15 the gear wheels 15 which intermcshwith the racks,- and as the dri.v-. ing gear wheel '15 is revolved alternately'in opposite directions as hereinafter described, the shifter 11' is 'recipro'cated forward and backward in the ways 6Pand 1 of the rails 6+6 and 1-1.hereinbefore described.

In the supports'77" are provided a pair of aline d bearings 7 in which is mounted a counter shaft-17 and between shaft 17 and the driving shaft 15 ofthe supports 7+7 are provided with a pair of alined bearings 7 in which is mounted a" shaft 18, and on the shaft 17 is loosely mounted a gearwheel-17 having 'a'hub adapted as a clutch member, and adjacent thereto is slidably mounted on the shaft 17, a spring actuated clutch collar 17 that is normallyadapted to engage the clutch members while the shaft is "revolving in one direction, and that is provided with a cam face thatis adapted to automatically disengage the clutch members when the shaft revolves in the opposite direction, There isalsofixedlyrmounted on the shaft 18a gear wheel l8 'of the same diameter as the wheel 17; and intermeshing therewith, whereby," when the shaft 17 is revolved inone direction, the shaft 18 is revolved in the opposite direction, and when the shaft 17 is revolved in the other-direction; the shaftlS stands still fora. purpos hereinafter described. On the shaft 17 is fixedly mounted thev gear wheels 17 ofequal diameter with they gear-wheels 15 on the shaft 15. The gear wheels:17 also intermesh with'the racks 11F of the shifter 11 and as the shifter 11 isreciproca'ted' by the driving shaft lti, the shaft 17 isalterna y r Q vedone revolution for-f ward and one backward, and as arranged in my apparatus, during the backward revolution of the shaft 17, the shaft 18 is revolved one revolution forward.

g In the supports 77 are slidably mounted in suitable ways 7 a pair of elevator jacks 19 comprising the stems 19 and the lifting heads 19. The front faces 19 of the stems areprovided with rack recesses 19, 19 19 side ledges 19 19 and recesses 19 19 19 19, 19 and 19, the upper ends of the recesses being square shoulders by which the jacks are lifted, and the recesses and ledges aforesaid are arranged'in the order and relation as shown in Fig. 17.

On opposite end portions of theshaft 18 are fixedly keyed the lifting wheels 18 having inset teeth bars 18, 18 18 18 18 18 18, 18 18*, 18 and 18 projecting from the wheel in the order and radial relation to the circumference of the wheel, as shown in Figs. 18 and 19, and corresponding with the location of the recesses and ledges of the stems 19 designated by numbers having corresponding letters. 7

One of the wheels 18 is keyed to the shaft slightly in advance of the other whereby one of the jacks is successively engaged by the lifting arms of its wheel 18 slightly in advance of the engagement of the other jack by corresponding lifting arms of the other wheel, and the lifting arms are in the order of the letters designating them, adapted to lift the adjacent jack with a short pause between its lifting by the next succeeding arm, whereby each jack is lifted by successive dis tinct lifts, and the lifts of one jack alternate with the lifts of the other, the'purpose of which is hereinafter described.

The stems of the jacks 19 are each provided with the longitudinal guide slot 19 and the supports 7-7 are provided with pins 7 extending through the slots 19 and having mounted thereon the rollers 7 which form guides for retaining the jacks in the ways 7".

The supports 7-7 are also provided with a foot 7 in which is mounted a guide rod 7 which is provided with a cushion spring 7 and the jacks 1 9 are provided with lugs 19 having guide holes'19 by which the'jacks are mounted on the guide rods-7 whereby, when the jacks are raised and dropped the lugs 19 engage the spring cushions which break their fall. The supports 77 opposite the guide rods 7 are provided with the slots 7 through which the body of the lugs 19 pass as the jacks are'raised and dropped.

The supports 77 on their inner faces are also provided with the bracket ledges 7 upon which the rails 66 are supported (as shown in Fig. 21), and integral with each support 7 is an upper frame comprising the standard plates 7 and 7 and the top cross to pass the standards, and the front standard plates 7 are provided with right angles offsets 7 adapted in height above the rails to permitthe ends of a pallet sliding on the rails 66 to pass these standards, but adapting the standards to stop the mold with the handles in position to be engaged and lifted by the elevator jacks.

At equal heights above the rails 6-6 the standards 7 and 7 are provided with bearing pins 7 in which are pivoted the right angled end portions 7 of swinging track rails 20, having at regular intervals inwardly projecting pins on which are mount ed the rollers 20. The rails are held by gravity on stop pins 7 with the rollers in horizontal position, and forming a track for molds operating as hereinafter described,

and being one end portion of sections 0 of the mold slide track. I

The other end portion of thedrack sections 0 comprises the angle bar rails 21 and 21 forming extensions of the swing rails 20. The rail 21 at its inner end is secured to the standard plate 7 of the inner support 7, and extends transversely over and is secured to the end plates 21 of a sander casing 21. the rail 21 at its inner end is secured to the standard 7 m of the inner support 7 and extends to the inner mold guide 21 secured to the inner end plate 21" of the sander casing 21. 1

Above the mold track section '0 is a shifter track 0 comprising the angle bar rails 21 and 21 which extend transversely over the sander casing 'to and beyond the outer rail 6 of the track section 'b. The rail 21 is supported by top extension plates 21 of the end plates 21* of the sander casing, and by the standard plate 7 of the supports 7, and the rail 21 is supported by the bracket extensions 21 of the plates 21 and by hangers 21 from the top cross members 7 of the supports 7.

On the shifter track 0 is reciprocably mounted a mold shifter 22 comprising the rack bar 22, the axles 22 securedtransverse the back of the rack bar with the teeth of the rack bar uppermost, and the rollers 22 mounted on the axles, and adapted to movably support the shifter-22 on the track 0 To the rack bar 22 and forward ofand adjacent to the rear axle 22", is pendently H x are secured bracket bearings 22 in which is journaled' a horizontal shaft 22 wliaving fixedly mounted thereon over and intermeshin'g'wi'th the rack bar of the'shifter 22, 'afgear wheel 22 and on theouter end fof' the shaft22" is fixedly mounted a bevel gear Wheel 22 and in the alinedupper and :tion where theshifter is over the sander casng Wltlitllfl dog 22 at the nner end 21 "on thelower end of the shaft 22 is fixedly meshes with a bevel gear wheel 17, adapted volve the gear wheel 22 afsuflieient number of revolutions to reciprocate the shifter 22 'and I), that when 'the's'hifter 11 moves for- ,wa'rd, the shifter 22 moves forward from 7 over theelevator'yacks toand over the sander "over the elevator jacks;

lower bracket bearings 22 secured to the same I support 7 v is Journale'd the vertical shaft 22 on'the upper end of which is fixedly mounted the bevel gear wheel 22, which inter-meshes wlth the bevel gear wheel 22 and mounted a bevel gear wheel 22, which interin one revolution of the shaft 17, through the bevel gear wheel'slast described, to refroin a position in which the dog'22 outside the outer elevator ack 19, to a posio'fthe sandercasing and vice'versa, and the shifter .22 so mounted on'the'track of relative totheslnfter llof' the'track section a casing, an d when the shifter 11 moves rearward toward the apron A, the shifter 22 movesfrom over the sander casing to and The upper cross members 7 are also provi ded withialined openings 7, in which are secured the end portions of a support bar 7 which extends horizontally and centrally above the swing track rails 20. "Thebar 7,

i near the members 7 is"provided with the guide holes'l andcentral of its length with the vertically slotted enlargement-7 in guide rods 20 extend1ng vertically upward A o Below the support bar 7 andnormally abo'ye' the swing track -ra1ls20 1s a drop 7 ijwhich near one end ofthe slot is pivoted the lock cam plate 'Thavihg a lateral pin 7 near its free end portion.

hau'nncr plate 20 having near its ends the through the guide holes 7",- and: having y end portions'the adjustable stop "collars'20 I mounted thereon above the support 7: the "helical cushion springs 20 and at them top Centrally the hammer plate 20 is provided with the lock 'rod Q0 ,'WhIlCl1 extends upward through the slotof the enlargement 7?- of the support barf 7 between the free end of the cam plate? and the end of the slot,

whereby the weight of the hammer plate and a the cain'plate' automatically locks and suspend'sl the hammer plate in whatever posia tionitis raised. 1' q The rack bar of the shifter 22 has piv-w otally mounted thereon a dog20 weighted c to hold it normally verticalbut adapted "to L swing backward on the forward movement of the shifter, andrprovided 'with' a: stop pin (not-shown) .to opposite direction,

The'dog 203 is located on rack B51551;

a point adaptingitftoengage the pin 7 of prevent itaswinging the j 177 0 the cam lock plate 7 at the beginning. of the backward movement ofthe shifter. 22; where- I by th'e;lockplate is raised and held raised by the dog long enough to permit the hammer plate 20 ':to @drop; until arrested by the stop collars '20? engaging the cushion semi-circular plate 21 concentrically to i the carrying wheels 23" and forming thebottom and sides ofl -the sander casing 2l.v The; rear portions of the 5 flanges. 211 have integral therewith the inwardly projecting j radial guide flanges 2l .also concentric to the "wheels 23, and; above and extending out-' ward andupward from the ends of the case ing, in line with the flanges 21 are the;

mold guides 21*, having the side flanges 21 adapted to direct a mold onto the flanges 21 in falling from the rail '219of the section mt themoldslide track. v V i The: mold'carrying; wheels 233011 their outersides; are provided with 1 six radial channels 23?, each having parallel. sides formedby flanges 23 which intersect around 1 a common center ofthe'channels; and across, the inner ends of the channels the flanges are connected by the integral hook-shapedflanges 28 for a, purpose fhereinaften described. -7 Opposite-the outer end of 'each channel 23'! the periphery aof the wheels 23 are cut away on a lineat'rightangles tothe sides of the channels "to, form squared portions against whichlthe'end portions and topsides of the handles of amoldrest carried by: the Wheels 23 i while being provided on their inner faces withia ribl2'l concentric 13013116: shaft 23 iand extending in The endsQ-l? of the' casingare alsoyeach part. parallel with thegflanges 211 011 the rear i side of the casing, and parallel -;=wit h,and-;in part higher than the flanges 21? ;on ,the front side (the; frontzside bein'g (the side nearest the machine B and relativeto the direetion "ofmovenientofmolds onthe return sections i cZ-ande).'" fl a; g l i,

1 To adapt"theqwheels;23 for carrying .7

molds around andthrough the bottom portion of; the sander casing there moi nted by an arrow).

on each oft-he hook fianges'23 within their respective channels a mold lock block 23 having at its inner end a hook portion 28, adapted to be pivotallyengaged with the rounded ,edge of the flange 23 to rotate thereon through an arc of a circle. The outer ends of the lock blocks are each provided with a lock lug 23 which is adapted to enter a complementary recess formed in the handles of each mold used with the'apparatus, (as shown in Fig. 31 and indicated In the outer end portion of each channel23 the wheels 23 are provided with holes 23 whichextend through the rim'portion of the wheels, and are counterbored at the end next the channel to a suitable depth to receive the helical springs 23*, and theremaining portions are exteriorly threaded to receive the threaded body. por- "tion next the head of bolts23 which extend through the springs and through registering holes 23 in" the lock blocks. The free end portions of theb'olts are slightly curved to permit the lock block to be moved through an arcinto the position shown in dotted lines in-Fig. 28, by the springs 23 when the springs are expanded, and into the locked'position shown in full lines by the rib 21 while passing through the lower portion of the sander casing. v

on the end of 'theshaft 23, adjacent to the inner-support 7 there is journaled a gear wheel 23', and on the shaft beside the wheel 23 is fixedly mounted a ratchet wheel 23, having six's'houlderteeth 23 of equal intervals of its periphery and adapted to be engaged by a ratchet pawl 23 mounted on and carried by the'gear wheel-23}, when the latter is revolved rearward at the top and to revolve without engaging in the opposite direction.

The" gear wheel 23 is connected to the driving shaft 15 by the pinion wheels 15 and15 fixedly mounted on a' counter shaft 15 'journaled in a bearing 15" and a bear- 'i'ng (not shown) of the inner end 21 of the sander casing,'byan idler pinion '15 loosely mounted on a stud journal 15,and a pinion v 15 fixedly mounted on the shaft 15, the pinions 15 15 the-idler pinion 15 and the pinion 15 being ofe'qual diameters, where by, onthe backward revolution of'the shaft 15 the shaft '23 and the mold" carrying wheels are revolved rearward at the top and forward at the'bottom'one sixth of arevolu- 'tion, and'thenp'ause during one revolution ofthe' sh'aft 15v in the opposite direction. SeeFigs. 29and 30'.

The two exten's1onplates'21 of the sander 7 casing have horizontal top portions 21 which at'jtheir front portlonsirhave downward hanger extensions 21, which have integra lthere'with or suitably attached thereto, the mold receiving supports 24, which have front end 'portions24e angled downward and forward, and rear end portions 24 angled upward andrearwardfrom their main body portions, which'are horizontal and constitute the mold slide track section (Z. See Figs, 46, 47 and a8. Above the slide track section d and forward of the hangers 2P, the'plates 21 have anglebars 24 secured horizontally thereto to form a shifter track section 03 auxiliary to the mold slide track section d, and onthe track (Z' is mounted a mold shifter 25 comprising an elongated: plate 25 tothe under side of which are secured longitudinally of the plate the parallel axles 25 on the ends of which are of the plate 25 are'secured the rack bars 25. The frontmarginal portion 25 of the plate 25? is bent downward at a right angle and has secured thereto above its lower edge the angle bar 25 as' shown in Fig. 32 for a purpose hereinafter described. a

.In suitable bearings in the end plates21 of the'sander casing above the track cl, there'is journaled a shaft 25 on which is fixedly mounted, intermeshing withthe rack bars 25, the gear wheels 25 adapted in each forward and backward revolution of the shaft'to reciprocate the shifter 25 forward and backward on the auxiliary track 03. (See Fig.33).

On the inner end extension of the shaft 255 there is mounted a'sprocket gear wheel 25 which is connected ,by a sprocketchain belt 25 with a sprocket wheell? of equal diameter}, whereby when the shaft 17 is revolved alternately forward and backward the shaft 25 is revolved forwardand backvided with the bracket plate projections 21 having the ledges 21 and above" the ledges the inverter axle bearings 21. (See Fig. 24;) In'the bearings'21 are journaled the end spindles of the axle 26 of a mold inverter 26,;comprising the axle, 26 and a pair of yokes26 having opposite extending pairs of upper and lower-yoke arms adapted to receivebetween them a mold moved by the shifter 25 from the slidetrack section (Z, when next thereto,and having the upper faces of the lower arms in line therewith. (See Figs. 1, 40 M10141 Theinneribearing 21 of its outer portion is concentrically recessed to receive a: collar 26 fixedly mounted on the shaft 26, and having parallel recesses 26 extendingjinto the collar 7 from diametrically opposite points of the circumference, (as shown in boss 21" in its top, with the hole of which one of the recesses 26 is brought into register at each half revolution of the shaft 26. In the boss 21 is loosely mounted a lock bolt 26 which at the end of each half V by the lock pin automatically stops andlocks the inverter at the end of each half revolution with the lower yoke arms alined with the track section (Z in position to receive a mold from the track and holdthe inverter against reverse revolution by the weight of the mold. v

On the outer end of the shaft 26 isfixedly mounted a gear wheel 26 which intermeshes with an interrupted gear wheel 26 mounted on a stud journal 26 secured tothe outer bracket 21 parallel with the shaft 26?, the

hub a sprocket rear wheel 26 ,"which is connected by a cham belt 26 to a sprocket gearv wheel 23 fixedly mounted on the outer end of the shaft 23 of the mold carrier of the sander, and adapted during each interrupted one-sixth part of a revolution of the shaft 23 to revolve the sprocket wheel 26 one revolution. The interrupted gear wheel 26 is adapted during one revolution .to revolve the inverter 26 one half a revolution, whereby during each interrupted sixth revolution of the shaft 23 in one direction the inverter shaft 26 is revolved ahalf revolution in the opposite direction for a purpose hereinafter described. (See Figs. 1, Land Opposite'the mold feed'openin'g C of the the wheels 28 and form w th the push plate molding machine B is the mold feed section 7, of the mold slide track, which comprises the supports 28 having suitably mounted thereon the parallel side members 28 and 28 and the intervening top plate 28 forming with the side members theparallel chan nels 28 The side member 28 has'integral 'therewith the bracket supports 28 on which, and onthe brackets 21 of the sander casing are mounted and secured the end portionsof the channel ra1ls 2727, comprising the return section 6 of the mold slide track. The side member 28 has integral therewith at the top and level with the plate 28f a ledge 28 which I has angled upward therefromfhe guide flange 28 (SeeFigs. 1, 5 and 6.),

The rails 27 have secured thereto within the channels, the angle bars 27* forming the shifter tracksection e, on which is reciprocably mounted'the mold shifter 27? shown in Figs. 34 and 35, and comprising the frame 27 of suitable length, the cross axles 27 secured to the top of the frame and having end spindles on which are mounted the rollers I '27, which are secured to the under shifter 27 V 1 ,7 .7 w On each rearward motion of each shifter on its respectlve track sect1on =the dog or:

on the track section e, and the. rack bars 7 the sides of theframe 27.

wheels 27 .fixedly mounted on the shaft 27 journaled in bearings 27 of the rails 27. (See Fig. 1.).

sides of The rack bars intermesh' with the gear On the inner end extensionof the, shaft 27 h is mounted a sprocket wheel 27 ,-which is connected by a chain-belt 27 with a sprocket'wheel 15 of greater diameter fixedly, mounted on the inner end extension of the driving shaft 15 (see Fig. 30)whereby when the driving shaft is revolved alter- 'nately forward and backward, the shifter 27 is reciprocated in unison with the mold shifter'll of the shifter track and'the shifters 22 and 23 of the shifter track secthereto relatively to the'dire'ction of movement of molds on the slide'track. gear wheel 26 having fixedly securedjto'its At their outer end portions the side members 28 and 28 of the mold feed section f are provided with alined bearings in which is journaled one end portion of a shaft 28 the opposite end portion of which is journaled in a bracket bearing 27 secured to the inner channel rail 27 of the section 6 of the mold slide track. On the shaft 28 between the bearings 28, and in line with the sprocket wheels 28 respectively, are fixedly 'tions c and d respectively, but reversely mountedithe sprocket gear wheels 28 'which are connected by the chainbelts 28 with 28, hingedat the rear edges to the chain belts 28, and extending forward'onthe belt,

a mold shifter 29, reciprocable by the sprocketwheelsover the top plate '28 and slide track.

is mounted a bevel gear wheel 28 which in termeshes'with a bevel geariwheel 27 fixedly mounted on the shaft=27 ,;whereby the I 1 V shifter 9 is recip rocated lengthwiseof the slide trackfsection 7 in unison with "all thefother shifters, but reversely tol the dogs of the shifter yield' and'passunder and beyond the moldor molds on thesection and r V on forward movement the dog or dogs en-' v gage the molds and pushthein forward: on 'the slide trackS,"as follows:"ii;

pairs of dogs, the innerpair which engage a mold delivered by the inverter inverted on its pallet on track section Z), and pushes the mold and its pallet forward on the section to and overtheelevator jacks. The next pair of dogs on the forward motion of the shifter engages a pallet having the brick of the next preceding mold of the series and moves the pallet forward a stage on the section, and the third pair of dogs engage a pallet having brick thereon in the position which the second pair of dogs has left it on the next preceding forward stroke, as shown in Fig. 2, and moves it forward on the section b to the position from which it is transferred onto drying cars or other carriers.

The auxiliary frame 12 mounted on the rearward end of the shifter 11 is provided with two pairs of dogs, as shown in Fig. 7, the rearward pair of which engages a mold pushed from the apron Aduring the next preceding backward stroke of the shifter and moves it forward on the'track section a to the position where the mold is provided witha pallet, and the foremost of the pairs of dogs 11 of the frame 12 simultaneously engage a mold left at the pallet covering position on the next preceding forward stroke of the shifter, and moves it into the inverter l-l, from which it will be seen that on each forward movement of the shifter 11 three filled molds and two pallets carrying brick are simultaneously moved forward on the sections a and 6 through respective stages.

The shifter 22 of the track section -0 has one dog .22 mounted on the rearward end portion of its rack bar 22 in position at the end of its rearward stroke to engage the end of a moldelevated to the swingtrack rails 20 on the next forward movement of the shifter and during its forward movement to push the mold forward on the track section 0, the outer extension rail 21 of which (terminating at its connection to the inner top extension plate of the sander V casing) permits the mold to drop into the casing edgewise onto the guide flanges 21 which direct it into engagement with a squared face of each mold carrying wheel 28 and in position to be carried by the wheels into locked engagement therewith by the lock blocks 23? at the next succeeding part revolution of the shaft 28.-

7 The front endplate 25 of the shifter on the forward motion of the shifter (which is to be understood to be toward the inverter 26) engages a mold deposited on thetrack section (Z by the mold carrying wheels 23,

during the next preceding backward stroke of the shifter 25, and pushes it forward into the pair of yoke arms of the inverter 26 next adjacent tothe track section (Z, the angle bar 25 also engaging the end portions of the bottom of the mold and preventing the forward part of the mold from tilting downward as it bridges the spacebetween the ward on the track the distance of' reciprocation of the shifter; The dogs at the rear end of the shifter engage a mold in the forward pair of yoke arms of the inverter 26 (the mold being then top side up) and delivers the mold ma position midway of thetrack section (2. The forward pair of dogs simull taneously engage a mold left in the midway position by the rearward pair on the previous forward stroke of the shifter 27" and move it a stage forward on the'track section onto the feed section f. It shouldbe borne inx mind,thatrthe forward stroke: of the shifter 27 occurs simultaneously with the backward 7 stroke of the shifters ll, 22, 25 and 29 of the track sections a, Z), 0, chandf and simultaneously, (1), with a half revolution of the in verter 1% that lifts a mold covered by a pallet from the track section a and deposits it forward on the stepped down track section b inverted on its pallet, (2)with the raising of the elevator jacks 19 that lift a mold from a pallet on the track sectionb and deposit it on the swing rails 20 of the track section 0, and (3), that slightly'precedes in its beginning a half-revolution of the inverter 26,

whereby a mold inthe rearward pair of yoke arms-is deposited top side upon the track section a in the position occupied by the mold engaged and moved forward by the rearwardpa-ir of dogs of the shifter 27 b on. its forward 'motion'.

At the'beginning of each sixth part of a revolution of the mold carrying wheels 23 of the sander casing there are three molds secured thereto in the second, third and fourth positions, as shown in Fig. 4, and a mold in the first position ready to be secured and transferred to the second and lowermost position, during the part revolution about to begin, and a supply of sand, being in the,

molds in the second, third and fourth posi-"" tate into it, and the mold in the uppermost position, as it is carried upward, is released I from engagement with the wheels 23 by the lock blocks 23 by] reason of their having passed the upper ends ofthe locking ribs 21 ity is above the inclined guide portions and causes it to topple over onto the supports 2a in a horizontal position as the wheels 23 stop, and any sand not adhering to the inner surface of the mold falls bygravity into the molds beneath, whereby it will-be seen that during each sixth part of the revolution of the mold carrying wheels 23 four molds are each moved one step forward and one of the four'is delivered sanded on the track section 03. r

1 The mold shifter 29 of the feed track section f comprises the sprocket chains 28 and the push plate 28 hinged thereto as described.

At the beginning of the forward movement of the shifter 29 the inner edges of the shifter push plate 28 is slightly beyond the line of the outer rail 27 extended, and in position to engage a mold delivered on the track section f during the preceding forward movement of the shifter 27*.

To operate the driving shaft 15, connect ed directly and indirectly as described to the several mold shifters, the mold inverters, the mold elevator, and the mold sander, in a fixed and definite time relation to the reciprocation of the mold ejector B of the molding machine B, there is concentrically attachedto-the gear wheel B which revolves the shaft B that operates the mold filling plunger (not shown) (and to a crank pin B ofthe wheel B is connected the pitman B that reciprocates the mold ejector B by the spring resisted or weighted rock arms B mounted on the rock shaft B having a rock arm B to which a'slotted end portion of the pi't'man B is attached), a sprocket wheel 30 that is connected by a sprocket chain belt 30 to a sprocket wheel 30 of equal diameter with the wheel 30, and that is fixedly mount ed on a shaft 30 having a crank 30. to the pin 30 of which is pivotally connected one end of a reciprocating driving rod 31, having its opposite end. portion formed as a rack yoke d1? which is mounted on and is in" intermeshable engagement with'the driving gear wheel 15 of the driving shaft 15,

I and adapted to alternately revolve the shaft a complete revolution forward and backwa'rd respectively during each forward and backward stroke of the driving rod 31 The crank pin 30 of the crank 30 being located at the same degree of its circle as the crank pin B of the wheel B is located in its C11- cle, before thechain belt is adjusted to the sprocket wheels 30 and 30), as shown in F igs. 1 and 4242, the backward stroke ofthe driving rod 31 will occur simultaneously with the forward movement ofthe ejector B, and by reason of the quick return movement of the mold ejector B by the springs or weight of the rock armsB, which ispermitted by the slot in the pitman B and by reason of the dead centers of the driving rod 31 being horizontal and 90 from the dead centers of the pitman B the return movement of the ejector'is completed before the forward rod begins.

In this connection it should be noted that the drivingrod 31, by reason of the rocking of the rack 31 on thedriving wheel 15 practically ends and begins its stroke before reaching and after passing its true dead cen ters, and in Fig. 1 the angle of'the crank 30 from the horizontal, shows theposition of that crank pin 30 when the forward stroke of the driving rod ends, and the backward stroke begins at the sameangle above the true dead center by reason of which, the wheel 15 is made of a diameter relative to the rack bar to produce a full revolution of the shaft 15 during each stroke of the driving rod. However, itis obvious, that by providing the driving rod 31 with a slotted cross head movable in horizontal guide ways, with the crank pin 80 extending into movement of the driving I the slot of the cross head, a horizontal rea ciprocation of the rod will be, produced, and the lost motion of the rack avoided, without changing the characteristic speed movement of the driving rod 31, and I therefore I do not limit myself to an oscillating connection of the driving rod with the crank pin. 1

"10 operate the apparatus shown and described requires a series of fifteenmolds,

three of which are always on the apron filled, and one filled mold and one empty mold are in the machine at the beginning of the backward stroke of the driving rod 31, at which time the 7 other ten molds are distributed at intervals of the mold slide track, as follows :one mold on the track section a midway between the inverter 14 and the apron A, one mold covered by a pallet in the inverterll, and still resting on the track section a,Yone mold 011- the track of the driving rod 31,the ejector B begins to push the empty mold in the machine forward, thereby pushing the empty mold in the machine into position to be filled by the press plunger, (which is then on its upward movement), and the filled mold onto the apron A (as shown in Fig. 1 1), and one filled 

